Swamy moves SC against non-bailable warrant issued against him by Assam Court

BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court challenging the issuance of non-bailable warrants against him by a court in Assam over his controversial remarks that mosques were not religious structures. The BJP leader also tweeted about the issue

The Karimganj District court in Assam on Monday issued a non-bailable warrant against BJP leader Subramanian Swamy for his remarks on “mosques” and “churches” which he had allegedly termed as “mere buildings to offer prayers and not religious places”. A complaint in this regard was registered by an advocate of the same court against Swamy for hurting the religious sentiments of the Muslim and the Christian community.

According to reports, the Court had directed the Delhi Police to arrest Swamy immediately.

Swamy, who was in Assam to attend an event in a university, had reportedly said that mosques and churches are mere ‘buildings’ to offer prayers.

“So there is no problem in demolishing them. They demolish mosques even in Saudi Arabia,” he had said. Swamy even went further and stated that God lives only in temples.

The Assam Police had also registered an FIR against Swamy at Latasil police station under sections 120(B) (criminal conspiracy), 298 (Uttering, words, etc., with deliberate intent to wound the religious feelings of any person), 153(A) (Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language) of IPC on a complaint by Chatra Mukti Sangram Samiti, students wing of Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS).